I’m just using whatever the default is. When I see the quoted post I see the spoiler box as if the button has been pushed. It really is probably easier to just delete any spoilered pieces than to get everyone to use a specific view.
Just my thoughts.
I’m using Tapatalk and the spoiler boxes are working fine.
I’m using Chrome which I think may be more common and as I said they show. Again, I’m not upset, but it seems simple to just delete that part so nobody sees it no matter what you are using.
Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and you should see a drop-down box in the ribbon. Click on the box and select ‘StraightDope v3.7.3’ and it will ‘fix’ the quoted spoiler problem.
It’s an interesting idea; one of our former contestants may know if that sort of thing is explicitly disallowed by the paperwork you sign in order to appear on the show, or if it’s a grey area.
To some of us, these are common knowledge, not difficult at all.
I would have been screwed on either of those, but the first one has its own Wikipedia page, so it’s probably not that obscure. I went to 12 years of Catholic school and I don’t remember it. The second one I feel is something I should know, given that I grew up playing classical music and I’ve been to cities very close to there (heck, I may have even driven through there), but nope. I do think that James would probably have known at least the first, if not the second.
I understand how to regress to an older version than what I’m using. I don’t understand why that should be expected rather than simply clicking and highlighting the spoiler info and hitting delete instead of expecting everyone to go back to an earlier version (which is not the default).
Again, this isn’t a big deal to me… I know how to not read something and just move past. It just seems like a common courtesy to me. No biggie… just a suggestion.
Just pointing out the style selection option because I don’t think everyone knows about it. And what we should really expect to be the default board behavior–rather than having to delete spoiler boxes from quotes–is that the newer version should handle spoiler boxes at least as proficiently as the older version.
Well, la di da. 
I agree it should, and maybe version 3.8.8 will do so rather than asking every new and existing member who doesn’t realize this flaw to go back to 3.7.3.
Seriously, I don’t have a burr up my butt over spoilers like some people. This is a bit of a different situation since I had no idea that some people could watch the show that I always assumed aired in the evening in the morning.
If it was a prime time show and I lived on the west coast or was going to DVR it I just wouldn’t read the thread until after I had a chance to watch it. When I read something at noon I never realized someone would already know the results that I thought nobody knew until the evening. Ignorance fought.
Is it that big of a stretch from people asking (demanding) that any spoiler be put in a spoiler box to asking that any quoted spoilers have the spoiler deleted?
Cosigned (also on Chrome).
I think its just luck of the category. I thought it was pretty easy tonight. I’m not saying I’m some kind of smarty-pants. Put a ‘High School English Lit’ category up there, and I’m done!****************
But isn’t that true for every single possible piece of knowledge out there which somebody, somewhere, can easily recall ?
Does anyone still have his early episodes on their DVR? Because I distinctly remember Alex Trebek making comparisons to Ken Jennings very early, like after one of his first week’s episode. I remember thinking at the time that it seemed premature to make such comparisons but not so much now. And if James manages six-figure wins in the next week, he could top Ken’s dollar total before Friday. Even at his average, he’s going to top Ken within six or seven episodes.
What if you needed the money but didn’t want to stop winning to get them to cut the check? Would a bank give you a “Jeopardy loan” with low interest?
ETA: I wonder if the show would at some point say “Okay, James: we’re going to cap the maximum number of wins at (current number + 20 or so).”
Hey, what banker is going to turn the guy down?
“I’m not sure that I can help you, Mister Holzhauer.”
“Well, then, I’ll just ask that blonde over there.”
“Our part-time bank teller, Louise Farnsworth?”
[quickly buzzing in] “Who is your mistress.”
It actually wouldn’t be that big of a burden. Five episodes are taped each day, with two days of taping every other week. If the shows are taped Tuesday and Wednesday, you would have to win the last game on Wednesday to come back in two weeks. And obviously only one person does that during each week of taping. So to come back for the third week of taping, you would have to win at least 11 consecutive episodes. (Last one on Wednesday, five on the next Tuesday of taping, then five on the following day), At least 11 consecutive wins has happened only 8 times, including the current streak by James.
The selection process ensures that generally people with far greater than usual trivia knowledge get on the show. This, in turn, forces the questions to, at times, be much harder than a run-of-the-mill trivia whiz can answer.
Having a Wikipedia page don’t mean squat. There’s one with my name on it and if Jeopardy! based a question on that the chances of anyone getting it right are approximately zero.
Both of those DDs were behind high-value choices ($2000 and $1600, IIRC). That’s that determine the difficulty of the clues.
P.S. Ditch sultantheme and the spoiler issue won’t arise.